About: When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity, a troubled young woman searches for her father. Her quest collides with an American GI on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell.
Premiere: July 24th, In Theaters-Limited
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu, Dougray Scott, Kristine Froseth, Sophie Thatcher
Director Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon) talks about his inspiration for Her Private Hell in an interview with Deadline:
Well, in my situation, I can’t point to a specific inspiration because it’s many things, but I think I can narrow it down to an experience. Three years ago, I died, and I was dead for 20 minutes. When you’re told that you’re maybe going to die within two weeks, a lot of things go through your mind: You’re afraid, angry, frustrated, sad, you lash out. But then, I realized that I’d been given a gift, that if I could come back, I was going to be given a second chance. Most people don’t get that. And I was going to be young enough to live for at least another 25 years. When I did come back alive, thank god, I was like, I had to start all over again with everything, but this time, I had 30 years of knowledge. You completely have to start over again with everything; moving your legs, arms, stuff like that. And I saw that I wanted to make movies again, the same way I’d wanted to make movies when I was young, but I also had a very specific mantra, which was: I will make things that come to me instinctively.
So, the film became many things for me. You can say there’s everything from horror, to sci-fi, to melodrama, to musical, to camp, to kitsch, to action, to color, and yet, you can’t put your finger on it. That’s a wonderful experience.
You can read the full interview at this link.
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